1. The author of The Inheritance of Loss

Meghnad Desai

Karen Leonard

Kiran Desai

None ofthe above

2. The first Indian descent who became the 2013 Miss America:

Aishwarya Rai

Nina Davuluri

Lara Dutta

None ofthe above

3. The incident 'Komagata Maru' refers in the Indian diaspora to which of the following country:

Malaysia

Singapore

USA

None ofthe above

4. 'ThaiPusam' is a Hindu festival famous in Indian diaspora celebrated mainly by which community

Sikhs

Tamils

Gujaratis

All ofthe above

5. Which year did Mahatma Gandhi return from South Africa to India?

1915

1893

1908

1937

6. In the year 2005, the Government ofIndia introduced the 'OCI Card' which refers to:

Oracle Call Interface

Overseas Citizen of India

Open Communication Interface

None ofthe above

7. The film "Mystic Masseur", directed by Ismail Merchant, revolves around the Indian diaspora living in...?

The Middle East

South Africa

Fiji Islands

Trinidad Tobago

8. The term 'Apartheid' in South Africa refers to:

A system of contract labour

A system of legal racial segregation

Large scale immigration

None ofthe above

9. Who is the famous diasporic Indian steel industrialist?

Lakhsmi Narayan Singh

Lakhsmi Nivas Mittal

Laxman Singh Mujal

Ratan Tata

10. The author of The Buddha ofSuburbia

Steven Vertovec

HanifKureishi

V.S. Naipaul

None of the above

11. What is South Hall in London?

Theatre

Sikh majority suburban area

Indoor Stadium

Underground train

12. Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre is started by the Government of India to facilitate

Indian Cricket

Indian Culture

NRI marriages

None ofthe above

13. Why Canada is called a 'multicultural' country?

A wide selection of fashion from many countries is available in Canada

Different kinds of food are popular in Canada

Migrants are accepted in Canada

Canada has a colourful flag

14. The movie 'Bhaji on the Beach' is directed by

Shah Rukh Khan

Gurinder Chadha

Mani Ratnam

Deepa Mehta

15. 'Serangoon Road' is the main commercial thoroughfare in Little India, located in

Australia

Singapore

Malaysia

Canada

16. Who is the author ofthe book Tamarind Woman

Steven Vertovec

Judith Brown

Anita Rau Badami

None ofthe above

17. Which of the following factors are responsible for the fact that most nation-states are not ethnically homogeneous?

Colonialism

Migration

Slavery

Conquest

18. Mr.S.R.Nathan, one of the prominent Indian diasporic political leaders, is the president
of which country?

Malaysia

Singapore

Trinidad Tobago

None of the above

19. The movie 'Brick Lane' is based on a novel written by:

Salman Rushdie

Gurinder Chadha

Monika Ali

Deepa Mehta

20. Ethnicity means:

Identifying with a particular group that is defined in terms of specific phenotypic features

Being excluded from other groups based on one's phenotype

Being excluded from other groups because of one's ethnic identity

None of the above

21. Which community has the majority population living in diaspora than at home

Indian

African

Chinese

Jewish

22. 'Silicon Valley' is known for:

High quality silicon

Beautiful Valleys

Majority ofIndian Software professionals

Football

23. Who is the author of the Village Bride of Beverly Hills

Salman Rushdie

Devesh Kapur

Kavita Daswani

None ofthe above

24. "Atlantic Slave Trade" mainly refers to the large scale movement of people from which of the following country?

India

Israel

Japan

None of the above

25. The author of The In-between World ofVikram Lall

Vikram Lall

M.G.Vassanji

Vijay Mishra

None of the above

26. Do you think emigratton from India has impacted the global international migration patterns? Justify your argument and discuss the different patterns of Indian emigration.

27. Describe the representations ofdiasporic subject in the literature ofIndian diaspora.

28. Philanthropy is an inevitable topic of research in the field of diaspora studies. Critically examine.

29. Write Short notes on any two of the following

Indenture system
Multiculturalism
Transnationalism
Twice Displaced Diaspora

30. Formulate a research design on anyone of the following themes: international migration, Indian diaspora, transnationalism, India's relation with any of the countries where Indian population constitute as significant, literary representations of Indian diaspora.

31. Formulate a research design on any areas of research on Indian diaspora which you would like to carry out as part of your M.Phil dissertation.